Example sentences of "[be] claim that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances .
2 Only by engaging in extreme forms of economic casuistry can it be claimed that such things can be supplied satisfactorily without the agency of government at either national or local level .
3 It can scarcely be claimed that these questions have yet been answered in such a manner as to transform Marx 's very general model into a systematic and well-supported theory of historical development .
4 The title of this article may suggest that I am claiming that all girls are marginalised in mathematics , but I hope that I have indicated that the situation we actually see is far more complicated than this .
5 It is claimed that such systems satisfy heating requirements at a reasonable cost .
6 Although it is claimed that these cases indicate an impairment in executing symbolic gestures it may in fact be the case that this aspect of their difficulty is secondary to a deficit in dealing with sequences of movements in general , the apparent linguistic defect deriving from this ( Kimura , Battison and Lubert , 1976 ) .
7 In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour .
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